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FXUS62 KTBW 261400
AFDTBW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
900 AM EST THU NOV 26 2009

.UPDATE...LEADING EDGE OF CLEARING SKIES MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST
ACROSS PINELLAS COUNTY AND TAMPA BAY AT THIS TIME. CLOUDS SOUTH OF
THE CLEARING LINE ARE QUITE THICK AND WILL NOT BE BURNED AWAY WITH
DAYTIME HEATING. SINCE ADVECTION OF THE DRIER AIR IS RATHER
SLOW...HAVE DELAYED CLEARING BY SEVERAL HOURS WHICH MAINLY AFFECTS
AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
 
ALSO ADDED SOME MORNING DRIZZLE SOUTH OF A HILLSBOROUGH/POLK
COUNTY LINE BUT EXPECT THIS TO BE SHORT LIVED AND SHOULD END BY 10
AM. PATCHY FOG IS BEING REPORTED AS WELL...BUT VISIBILITIES ARE
NOT PARTICULARLY LOW.
 
SINCE SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY MOST AREAS
BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM...SEE NO REASON TO UPDATE THE TEXT PRODUCTS.
I WILL CONTINUE TO TWEAK THE GRIDDED FORECAST AS NEEDED SO THE WEB
BASED POINT AND CLICKS WILL STAY FRESH.

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS. LIFR CONDITIONS EARLY IN THE 
TAF PERIOD WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR BY 18Z TODAY AS DRIER AIR PUSHES
IN FROM THE NORTH. THIS DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE THE
LOW CLOUD DECK ALL AFTERNOON AND BY 00Z VFR WILL RETURN FOR THE
REST OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS ARE GENERALLY NORTH AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS 2
TO 3 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. SEAS WILL SLOWLY BUILD THROUGH THE DAY
REACHING 4 FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE TONIGHT WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS LIKELY
THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. JUST MINOR TWEAKS PLANNED FOR THIS MORNINGS
PACKAGE. 

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-
     HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-POLK-SARASOTA-
     SUMTER.

GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
     EST FRIDAY FOR BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NM.

&&

$$

UPDATE/MARINE...JILLSON
AVIATION...JOHNSON